Afghanistan A beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets in tri-series

Karim Janat shined with the bat and ball as Afghanistan’s A cricket team defeated Hong Kong by seven wickets in their first match of a tri-nation series in Oman on Sunday.

Sent to bat by Afghans who won the toss, Hong Kong posted 111-3 as they played all the mandated 20 overs.

Afghanistan A chased down the target in 13.5 overs.

Karim Janat made 47 runs off 27 balls. Earlier, he had taken three wickets.

Zubaid Akbari contributed with 37 off 28 balls.

Afghanistan will play Oman in their next match of the series on Monday.